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If you ever used linux try DSlinux! It is great to have linux on your DS. I mainly use it as a ssh client to remotely access my server. On my server I can run the lynx web browser and check the status of my downloads.

Install DSLinux
(the supercardsd build), works perfect to. Just untar and copy the contents to the root of the SD card.

Remark to manual on DSlinus Wiki: to be able to unmount the supercard you first have to be sure not to access the supercard so "cd /" first. This is my standard shutdown sequence:

cd / umount /supercard poweroff

DSlinux got wifi working with settings taken from DS memory. Here is my rc.conf. But after changing it DSlinux needed a reboot instead of "/etc/rc.d/network restart".

Compiling DS linux is a bit more work but once you have your tools in place it is very easy to build your own DSlinux. this enables you to leave out all the binaries you never use. My DSlinux now is only 2.5 MB this really reduces the loading time.

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